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Jessica is a 24 year old kindergarten teacher, who just moved to Connecticut and is trying to find her away. Unfortunately along that journey she finds herself in the position of a mistress...

Friday, April 25, 2014

A box with a bow.

After
standing in the door way and awkward hellos, I locked up the house and followed
Cole to the car, where he opened the door of his Chevy truck for me and I found
a cute box on the passenger seat with a blue bow and my name written on it. I
smiled looking over my shoulder at him as I picked it up and climbed into the
truck, holding it in my lap while he closed my door then walked around and
settled into the driver’s seat starting up the truck.
“You didn’t have to get me anything” I said smiling as I pulled the bow off and
opened the white box. Laying inside was a navy blue baseball hat with an aqua
“b” on it. I smiled pulling it out, not recognizing the team as I looked over
at him and smiled. “What team is this?” I asked.

“that is the
bluefish” he said laughing a little “nothing big, just a liberty division
baseball team who happen to play just about 20 minutes from here” he said
smiling big now, “and we just happen to have seats to tonight’s game.” He added,
enthusiastic about the plans he had made.

I smiled and
pulled the baseball cap on, fixing my hair and adjusting it then put on my seat
belt, “sounds great!” I exclaimed looking over at him, “and thank you for my
hat. I love it” I said smiling sweetly over at him, texting sky to let her know
where we were going just in case something were to happen since it was apparent
we were leaving town and then turned my phone on silent and slid it into my
purse.

“So how was
your morning at work?” Cole asked, the conversation light and easy as we pulled
onto the highway.

“It was
busy…” I said recalling Andrew coming in, “until my regular job starts up, I am
working at that café near my house, and it was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday”
I said smiling, “what did you do today?”

“I actually
had the day off from work, so I road my new bike out for a few hours, then just
some errands. What’s your regular job?” he asked glancing over at me then back
to the road.

“I am
actually going to be working with Sky at the elementary school near my house.
This will be my first year teaching kindergarten.” I said smiling proudly,
“what kind of bike?” I asked curiously.

“Wow a
teacher? That’s great Jess!” he exclaimed, his smile giving me butterflies. “I
ride a Harley Davidson Dyna Wide glide,” he said proudly and I
could tell it was something he was passionate about, “have you ever been on a
bike before?” he asked as he pulled off the exit.

“Yea actually, I have two brothers who ride, and my dad has
been on the bike since I was little.” I say, smiling as I think about them, “so
I’ve been around that scene my whole life.”

“That’s awesome! Maybe you could come riding with me
sometime this week..?” he asked.

Hardly even through one date and already being asked on
another, score! “I would really enjoy that.” I answer
honestly. “So when you aren’t off and out riding, what do you do for work?”

“I’m a firefighter
in town.” He said, and I just barely stopped myself from drooling. YUM!

“Sounds dangerous,” I said smiling over at him as he parked
the car then leaned into the back for a hoodie and handed it to me.

“You might need this, after the sun sets it usually gets
pretty cold.” I smile taking it. Wow he really did have all the bases covered
here. No pun intended. I climbed out of the car, pulling my cross body bag over
my head and adjusting it against my body and hanging onto the hood as I walked
around to meet him in front of the car. “Ready?” he asked, smiling excitedly.
He looked so cute.

“Absolutely,” I said smiling when he reached down and took
my hand, holding it as we made our way to the stadium. “Have you been to a lot
of games here?” I asked looking up at him as he handed the lady our tickets and
we headed inside.

“My niece and nephew love coming, so I usually take them.”
He said smiling sweetly at the mention of them, nearly melting my heart. “My
niece, Molly is five, and my nephew, Grayson is eight. I usually buy season
tickets and bring them as much as I can.” He added, explaining a little.

“I have a niece too, Michaela, she’s three.” I said proudly,
“I’ve missed her being around since I moved here.” I said frowning a little,
“but she’s coming with my two brothers and my dad to visit this weekend.”

“That’s awesome, I have an older sister and a younger
sister. The kids belong to Cassie, my older sister.” He said smiling.

“Looks like we’re both the awesome middle child then” I said
laughing a little as we found our seats.

“Can I get you anything to drink?” Cole offered just before
the game started.

“A beer sounds good.” I said smiling sweetly just before he
turned and headed up the stairs towards the concession stand.

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Cole pulled into my driveway a few hours later, putting the
car in park. Unfortunately the team lost, but the beer, hot dogs, and good
company were worth it. I unbuckled my seat belt and turned to face him a
little, smiling, “I had a really good time tonight…” I said blushing a little
as I looked him in the eye,

His hand reached over and rested on my leg gradually, “I did
too,” he whispered, leaning in and kissing me gently, “thanks for coming with
me.” He whispered softly before sitting back up right again.

I opened my mouth to invite him in but was interrupted as he
turned and climbed out of the car to open my door from him. And I have to admit,
I was a little relieved he was willing to just walk me to the door and say
goodnight then go home. Yes I wanted to invite him in, but I needed someone who
was going to respect me as well, and it was clear that he did.

I took his hand as I climbed down from the truck, not
letting go as he shut the door and walked me up the driveway to my front door.
“Can I call you sometime this week?” he asked, making me smile as a wave of
nervousness seemed to come over him.

“I hope you will,” I said smiling, “thank you for tonight.”

“My pleasure,” he said pulling me into him and kissing me
deeply, his tongue teasing mine a little before pulling away with a grin on his
face, “Goodnight Jessica.” He whispered, kissing me again softly then turning
and walking back towards his truck.

I turned to unlock my door with the biggest goofiest grin on
my face, laughing at myself for looking like a girl after getting her first
real kiss. I turned and waved before walking into the house and locking the
door behind me.

Turns out getting back in the dating game wasn’t going to be
as hard as I thought.

4 comments:

I like this post, I am glad she had fun with Cole on their date.. I can't wait until it gets back to Andrew and we can see how they patch things up!! I can't wait until the next post.. Thanks for sharing your story!!